From: Sharon Phillips <phillipsds@...>
Date: 2007-03-14T13:26:06+09:00
Subject: Using netbeans as a Ruby IDE

Up till now I've been using Scite on Windows and Smultron on OS X for  
Ruby development. I've also been using Netbeans for about 12 months  
for Java, but  it looks like it may be time for a change as Netbeans  
is now adding some pretty decent Ruby support.

Here's a short video showing some of the things that got me interested:
http://www.netbeans.org/download/flash/jruby_editing/jruby_editing.html

Only downside so far is that Netbeans is no lightweight. Scite,  
though lacking a few things, has a brilliant startup time and as such  
is very practical for quick scripts etc. Netbeans takes nearly a  
minute to load on my work machine (old and under-specced) which is  
fine for a project I'll spend the next few hours on, but not much fun  
for a quick job.

How are other people finding Netbeans as a Ruby IDE?

Cheers,
Dave